八哥屬

椋鸟科的一属鸟类

八哥屬屬名Acridotheres)是椋鳥科的一個屬,廣泛分佈于亞洲熱帶地區,部分作為觀賞鳥引入世界各地,家八哥為其模式種[1]。其學名來自古希臘語“akridos”(蝗蟲)、“-thēras”(捕食)[2]

八哥屬
八哥 Acridotheres cristatellus
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 鸟纲 Aves
目: 雀形目 Passeriformes
科: 椋鸟科 Sturnidae
属: 八哥屬 Acridotheres
Vieillot, 1816

中文的「八哥」是對八哥叫聲的描述。「八」為其叫聲的擬聲詞,而「哥」實為「謌」,通「歌」,本意為會叭叭叫的鳥[3]

分類

該屬包含以下幾個種:[4]

 
 
 
 

A. cinereus

 

A. fuscus

A. javanicus

 

A. albocinctus

 

A. cristatellus

A. grandis

 

A. melanopterus

A. burmannicus

 

A. ginginianus

A. tristis

種系發生關係[5]

丝光椋鸟灰椋鸟有時也被劃歸該屬。

參考文獻

  1. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr (编). Check-list of birds of the world. Volume 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1962: 112 [2019-03-14]. (原始内容存档于2018-11-05). 
  2. ^ Jobling, J.A. del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. , 编. Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. 2018 [11 May 2018]. 
  3. ^ 國立故宮博物院編輯委員會 (编). 故宮鳥譜 . 國立故宮博物院. 1997: 51. ISBN 957-562-308-8. 鸜鵒,本名哵哵鳥,《玉篇》云:「哵,鳥(註:應為「鳴」之誤記)也」。《廣韵》:「哵,布拔切,讀八。」是八即哵。其云哥者,哥即古謌字。凡能言之鳥,皆可名哥,如鸚哥、了哥是也。 
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (编). Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers. World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. 2018 [11 May 2018]. (原始内容存档于2017-01-07). 
  5. ^ Zuccon, D.; Pasquet, E.; Ericson, P. G. P. Phylogenetic relationships among Palearctic–Oriental starlings and mynas (genera Sturnus and Acridotheres : Sturnidae) (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 2008, 37: 469–481. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00339.x. 
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  • Jønsson, Knud A. & Fjeldså, Jon (2006): A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri). Zool. Scripta 35(2): 149–186. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00221.x (HTML abstract)
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